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Smith hopes Panthers have learned from conservative approach last year vs. Saints

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“You get some points early, you can’t shut it down — bottom line,” Smith said. “If you get up 14 of 17 points and then you don’t do anything after that — especially against an explosive offense like that — they’re not going to sit around and twiddle their thumbs. They are going to draw up plays in the dirt and do whatever they can to come back. So when you get up 14 or 17 or even three points and try to sit on it and hope for the best, it’s not going to work.”

http://reederstake.freedomblogging.com/2010/09/29/smith-hopes-panthers-have-learned-from-conservative-approach-last-year-vs-saints/6912/

I'm pretty sure he brought this up in the meetings.

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I thought this was pretty interesting...it seems to me that he is getting tired of the way this offense works. I thought the same thing during training camp when he made some comments on the NFL radio interview. He has gone from super competitive to disgruntled.

I don't think Smitty is disgruntled, just frustrated. People have to remember for about a four year span, Steve Smith was our offense. You can give me all that Fox wants to run crap all you want, but from 2003-2007 Smitty was all we had. Remember when we played Seattle in the NFCCG and they put two safeties, a CB, and a LB underneath on Smitty? Quadruple coverage.

As the game slows down for Clausen and he starts to trust his instincts more, and our OLine gets their poo together, you'll see Smitty have glimpses of his formal self, because the D will focus on double trouble.

It'll be too late, but once we start clicking we'll go 6-2 in the second half, which will put us at 7-9 for the year.

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I don't think this is a small jab at all. This is a calling out of Fox and Davidson pointblank and he unloaded.

Unfortunately, after these comments, Smith won't be here next year. Even if Fox is let go, Richardson doesn't tolerate back talk from his employees (see Kris Jenkins). Smith will be traded. Bank on it.

And knowing Smith, he's a smart guy... he's probably doing this on purpose for that very reason... he want's to go somewhere that REALLY wants to win.

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Unfortunately, after these comments, Smith won't be here next year. Even if Fox is let go, Richardson doesn't tolerate back talk from his employees (see Kris Jenkins). Smith will be traded. Bank on it.

And knowing Smith, he's a smart guy... he's probably doing this on purpose for that very reason... he want's to go somewhere that REALLY wants to win.

here we go "reading between the lines" and getting into the players heads again....

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Kris Jenkins being out of shape and having 2 tackles and then having the gall to call out his teammates as being soft and having no heart in a locker room interview is much different than Smitty saying we should learn from last years game against a good opponent by not backing down if we get up. Not even close to the same.

That being said, Smith was obviously speaking rhetorically, because there is no chance in hell we get up 17 on the Saints, unless Brees goes in for a biopsy for that poo on his face and can't make it until the fourth quarter.

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